Something about Microsoft’s Windows 8 seems to bring out the eccentric in PC makers. In the few months since Win 8 launched, we’ve seen PCs that fold, PCs that slide, PCs with keyboards that pop on and off. But we...

Salesforce.com, which makes software to help businesses hone their sales and marketing campaigns, is taking a red pen to its own corporate messaging. For the past couple of years, Chief Executive Officer Marc Benioff has been pitching prospective customers on...

If you follow directions, Facebook’s new search engine is pretty amazing. But veer off course, and the results reveal just how limited the tool is right now. During an event today at its headquarters in Menlo Park, California, Facebook introduced...

You won’t find booths by Apple, Microsoft, Google or Amazon at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show. Nor will you see the CEOs at the largest U.S. cable operators, Comcast and Time Warner Cable, or media companies such as Disney and CBS. Nokia and...

Google’s Android software for mobile devices has opened up a wide lead in market share, but it hasn’t made the same inroads with a lucrative niche: businesspeople. While Android is expected to grab 68 percent of the smartphone market this...

At least one other company is betting on the success of Windows 8. Online electronics retailer Newegg is gearing up for the holidays by promoting tablets and laptops running on Microsoft’s new operating system. It doesn’t have much of a...

Somewhat lost in the frenzy surrounding the announcement late yesterday of Windows head Steven Sinofsky’s departure from Microsoft, the company was also dealing with what it described as a widely distributed mistranslation of its chief executive officer’s comments. According to...

It was in June 2011 when an audience filled with technology’s elite was gathered to see whether Microsoft’s next version of Windows had the chops to take on Apple. But Julie Larson-Green, who just yesterday was put in charge of...

Please refresh your browser every few minutes to see my updates. 11:09 a.m. Ballmer ends by bringing Belfiore and Alba back out. There’s no information on pricing, or precise availability of phone models. But he ended with a bang, offering a...

It’s the most wonderful time of the year, at least for gadget hounds. September is packed with events where consumer-electronics giants plan to unveil new, widely anticipated products. In the run up to the holiday shopping season, Amazon, Apple, Google...